action. up until then assad was not admitting anything, putin didn't have any interest in restraining his proxy or the person he sponsors in syria. then in response to what obama did, it was clearly in response, you can't say it wasn't, whether what obama did was right or not. putin comes in. what do we get out of this for the time being. assad is boxed in on chemical weapons. as long as they are negotiating, as long as russia is on the hook to do something about this, now we have putin saying we must do something about assad's chemical weapons. that sort of circumstance, it's very unlikely assad is going to resort to these chemical weapons again. obama in a way, i don't mean to sound like talking points in the white house, i don't believe they have been this eloquent describing what they have done. he has achieved one strategic objective. if putin brings around, it's no surprise he's the bad boy in the super powers club.